Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar is an Indian actress who works in the

Marathi film industry Marathi cinema is an Indian film industry of Marathi-language motion pictures. It is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Based in old Mumbai, it is the oldest film industry of Indian cinema. The first Marathi film to be released in India was ''Sh ...

. She is known for her role in the film '' Baboo Band Baaja'' (2010), which fetched her a

National Film Award for Best Actress The National Film Award for Best Actress (officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actress) is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to an actress for the best performance in a leading role wi ...

at the

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. The award was presented by the jury for ''portraying with finesse a mother who strives to achieve for her son a better future than the one denied to her by circumstances''. She shared this award title with

Saranya Ponvannan Saranya Ponvannan (born Sheela Christina) is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam language films. Saranya made her debut in a lead role in Mani Ratnam's ''Nayakan'' (1987) and went on to play lead roles fr ...

for the latter's role in the

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Thenmerku Paruvakaatru ''Thenmerku Paruvakatru'' () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy and produced by Shibu Issac. The film is named after a song composed by A. R. Rahman for the film, Karuthamma. It stars Vijay Sethup ...

''. Varadkar is a trained classical dancer and did experimental theatre in

Aurangabad Aurangabad ( is a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarters of Aurangabad district and is the largest city in the Marathwada region. Located on a hilly upland terrain in the Deccan Traps, Aurangabad is the ...

, Maharashtra before moving to her film career.

Filmography

* ''Raju'' * ''Aag'' * ''Vitthal Vitthal'' * '' Baboo Band Baaja'' (2010) * ''Asava Sunder Swapnancha Bangla'' - ETV Marathi serial * 2001 '' Kkusum'' as Sharmila

References

Living people Indian film actresses Best Actress National Film Award winners People from Aurangabad district, Maharashtra Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-actor-stub